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abat jour

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a⋅bat-jour

[ah-bah-zhoor; Fr. a-ba-zhoor]
–noun, plural -jours [-zhoorz; Fr. -zhoor] .
1. a device, as a skylight or reflector, for diverting light into a building.
2. a sloping screen for cutting off the view between an interior or porch and a lower area in front of a building.

Origin:
1820–30; < F: lit., it throws down (abat) the daylight (jour). See abate, journey
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